Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination

Impulse, alternating and direct voltage tests together with optical observations have been done under clean and polluted surface conditions with respect to bentonite, which is treated as a pollutant. The insulator materials tested were polymethyl methacrylate and polythene. Bentonite pollution may a...

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Main Authors: Rusli, Halimatusaadiah, Gomes, Chandima, Kadir, Zainal, Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46434/
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author Rusli, Halimatusaadiah
Gomes, Chandima
Kadir, Zainal
Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain
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description Impulse, alternating and direct voltage tests together with optical observations have been done under clean and polluted surface conditions with respect to bentonite, which is treated as a pollutant. The insulator materials tested were polymethyl methacrylate and polythene. Bentonite pollution may affect several surface flashover characteristics such as voltage at breakdown and 50% breakdown voltage under negative lightning impulse (1.2/50 μs) and the time to breakdown under wet condition for both negative and positive impulse voltage. There are four types of paths taken by the discharge channels, based on which the degree of degradation of the material surface may vary.
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spelling upm-464342018-03-27T02:17:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46434/ Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination Rusli, Halimatusaadiah Gomes, Chandima Kadir, Zainal Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain Impulse, alternating and direct voltage tests together with optical observations have been done under clean and polluted surface conditions with respect to bentonite, which is treated as a pollutant. The insulator materials tested were polymethyl methacrylate and polythene. Bentonite pollution may affect several surface flashover characteristics such as voltage at breakdown and 50% breakdown voltage under negative lightning impulse (1.2/50 μs) and the time to breakdown under wet condition for both negative and positive impulse voltage. There are four types of paths taken by the discharge channels, based on which the degree of degradation of the material surface may vary. Elsevier 2015-05 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46434/1/Surface%20arcing%20of%20insulators%20due%20to%20bentonite%20contamination.pdf Rusli, Halimatusaadiah and Gomes, Chandima and Kadir, Zainal and Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain (2015) Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination. Journal of Electrostatics, 76. pp. 73-77. ISSN 0304-3886 10.1016/j.elstat.2015.05.009
spellingShingle Rusli, Halimatusaadiah
Gomes, Chandima
Kadir, Zainal
Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain
Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title_full Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title_fullStr Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title_full_unstemmed Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title_short Surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
title_sort surface arcing of insulators due to bentonite contamination
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46434/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46434/1/Surface%20arcing%20of%20insulators%20due%20to%20bentonite%20contamination.pdf